Jim Kouri:
"First the Obama administration sued Arizona over its illegal immigration law, then Alabama over its law. Now the administration is suing South Carolina.
The Obama administration, through Attorney General, Eric Holder, on Monday filed a lawsuit against a new immigration law, this time in South Carolina. The White House is accusing that state of interfering with the federal government's authority on immigration policy.
South Carolina now joins Arizona and Alabama in being civilly prosecuted for attempting to halt the flow of illegal aliens into the state.
The Justice Department alleges that portions of the South Carolina's law are "unconstitutional," and the state should not be allowed to implement the popular new law that's scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2012.
As with the Alabama statute, the law requires local law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of everyone they detain, a policy that progressives, illegal alien supporters and Democrat lawmakers say will result in the harassment and detention of legal aliens.
"Today's lawsuit makes clear once again that the Justice Department will not hesitate to challenge a state's immigration law ... if we find that the law interferes with the federal government's enforcement of immigration," said Attorney General Eric Holder...."
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